RESTRICTED  ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
13 de septiembre de 2010 
 
 (10-4645) 
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
  
 
MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS DEL APÉNDICE I  
DE LA REPÚBLICA DE COREA 
Comunicación de la República de Corea de conformidad con el
 
apartado a) del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV1 del ACP  
 La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 10 de septie mbre de 2010, se distribuye a petición de la 
delegación de la República de Corea. 
 
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 I. INTRODUCCIÓN 
 Con arreglo al apartado a) del párrafo 6 del artículo XXIV del actual Acuerdo sobre 
Contratación Pública (ACP), la República de Corea notifica por la presente las siguientes modificaciones que ha propuesto introducir en su Apéndice I del ACP. 
 Estas modificaciones corresponden a la reorganización de las funciones y el cambio de 
nombre de las entidades, y no alteran en modo alguno el equilibrio de derechos y obligaciones ni el 
nivel del alcance mutuamente convenido previsto en el ACP. 
II. MODIFICACIONES PROPUESTAS 
Anexo 1 
 
1. Sustituir "Ministry of Gender Equality" (Ministeri o de Igualdad de Género) por "Ministry of 
Gender Equality and Family" (Ministeri o de Igualdad de Género y de la Familia), ya que la función 
relativa a los asuntos de la familia se ha transfer ido del Ministerio de Salud, Bienestar Social y 
Asuntos Familiares al Ministerio de Igualdad de Género. 
                                                     
 
1 El apartado a) del párrafo 6 del ar tículo XXIV establece lo siguiente:  Rectificaciones o enmiendas.  
a) Las rectificaciones, las transferen cias de entidades de un Anexo a ot ro o, en casos excepcionales, las 
enmiendas de otro tipo que afecten a los Apéndices I a IV  serán notificadas al Comité, y en la notificación se 
facilitará información en cuanto a las probables consecuencias del cambio en el alcance mutuamente convenido 
previsto en el Acuerdo.  Las rec tificaciones, transferencias o enmienda s de otro tipo de carácter puramente 
formal o menores surtirán efecto a condición de que en un plazo de 30 días no se presente objeción a ellas.  
De no ser así, el Presidente del Comité convocará pronta mente una reunión del Comité.  El Comité examinará la 
propuesta y las posibles demandas de arreglos compensatorios, con el fin de mantener un equilibrio de derechos y obligaciones y un nivel comparable del alcance mutuamen te convenido previsto en el presente Acuerdo antes 
de la notificación de que se trate.  En caso de que no se llegue a un acuerdo, podrá llevarse adelante la cuestión 
con arreglo a las disposiciones del artículo XXII. GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
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2. Sustituir "Ministry of Health, Welfare and Fam ily Affairs" (Ministerio de Salud, Bienestar 
Social y Asuntos Familiares) por "Ministry of Hea lth and Welfare" (Ministerio de Salud y Bienestar 
Social), ya que la función relativa a los asuntos de la  familia se ha transferido del Ministerio de Salud, 
Bienestar Social y Asuntos Familiares al  Ministerio de Igualdad de Género. 
3. Sustituir "Ministry of Labor" (Ministerio de Trabajo) por "Ministry of Employment and 
Labor" (Ministerio de Empleo y Trabajo), ya que se ha cambiado el nombre. 
4. Sustituir "National Statistics Office" (Oficina Na cional de Estadística) por "Statistics Korea" 
(Estadísticas de Corea), ya que el nombre en inglés ha sido reemplazado por una traducción más 
precisa. 
Anexo 2 
5. Sustituir "Gyonggi-do" por "Gyeonggi-do", ya que  se ha cambiado el nombre en inglés de 
conformidad con la Romanización revisada del id ioma coreano, que entró en vigor en 2001. 
Anexo 3 
1. Sustituir "Korea Highway Corporation" por "Korea Expressway Corporation", ya que el 
nombre en inglés ha sido reemplazado por una traducción más precisa.  
2. Sustituir "Korea Rural Community and Ag ricultural Corporation" por "Korea Rural 
Community Corporation", ya que el nombre en inglés ha sido reemplazado por una traducción más precisa. 
3. Sustituir "Korea National Tourism Organizati on" por "Korea Tourism Organization", ya que 
el nombre en inglés ha sido reemplazado por una traducción más precisa.  
 En el anexo A se muestran, en las correspondientes páginas del Apéndice I, las 
modificaciones propuestas por Corea en su com unicación, que se señalan mediante el tachado o 
subrayado del texto. 
 En el anexo B  se muestra el texto limpio de las correspondientes páginas del Apéndice I de 
Corea, una vez introducidas las modificaci ones propuestas en la presente comunicación.
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2 Los anexos A y B están en inglés solamente. GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Página 1/4
 
20 July 2009 (WT/Let/649)   
ATTACHMENT A 
 
KOREA  
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
  
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 
List of Entities : 
 - Board of Audit and Inspection - Office of the Prime Minister - Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
 
- Ministry of Strategy and Finance 
- Financial Services Commission - Ministry of Unification - Ministry of Public Ad ministration and Security 
- Ministry of Government Legislation - Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of National Defense - Ministry of Education,  Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 
- Cultural Heritage Administration 
- Ministry for Food, Agricult ure, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Knowledge Economy - Ministry for Health,
 and Welfare and Family Affairs  
- Korea Food and Drug Administration - Ministry of Employment and 
Labor 
- Ministry of Land, Trans port and Maritime Affairs 
- Ministry of Environment - Public Procurement Service (limited to purchases for entities in this list only.  Regarding 
procurement for entities in Annex 2 and Annex 3 in  this list, the coverages and thresholds for 
such entities thereunde r shall be applied.) 
 GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Página 2/4
 
23 May  2006 (WT/Let/ 543)  
- National Tax Service 
- Customs Service 
- National Statistical Office Statistics Korea  
- Korea Meteorological Administration - National Police Agency (except purchases fo r the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article XXIII of the Code.) 
- Supreme Prosecutors' Office 
- Military Manpower Administration - Rural Development Administration - Forest Service - Korean Intellectual Property Office - Small and Medium Bu siness Administration 
- Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the pur pose of maintaining public order, as provided 
in Article XXIII of the Agreement.) 
 
Services  
 Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section 
 
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : 5,000,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 
Same as "Supplies" section 
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 1. The above central government entities include their subordina te linear organizations, special 
local administrative organs, and attached organs as prescribed in the Government Organization 
Act of the Republic of Korea. 
 2. This Agreement does not apply to the products and services procured with a view to resale or to 
use in the production of goods or provision of services for sale. 
 GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 2 Página 1/2
 
20 July 2009 (WT /Let/649)   
ANNEX 2 
 
Sub-Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 Supplies  
 
Threshold : 200,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
- Seoul Metropolitan Government 
- Busan Metropolitan City - Daegu Metropolitan City - Incheon Metropolitan City - Gwangju Metropolitan City 
- Daejeon Metropolitan City 
- Gyonggi
-do Gyeonggi-do  
- Gang-won-do - Chungcheongbuk-do - Chungcheongnam-do 
- Gyeongsangbuk-do 
- Gyeongsangnam-do - Jeollabuk-do - Jeollanam-do - Jeju Special Self-Governing Province  
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 200,000 SDR 
 
List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 :   
 Same as "Supplies" section   
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : SDR 15,000,000 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 :   
 
Same as "Supplies" section 
  GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 3 Página 1/2
 
2 November  2009 (WT/Let/6 60)  
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 Supplies  
 
Threshold : 450,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
- Korea Development Bank 
- Industrial Bank of Korea - Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation - Korea Electric Power Corporation (except pur chases of products in the categories of 
HS Nos. 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544) 
- Korea Coal Corporation 
- Korea Resources Corporation - Korea National Oil Corporation - Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency - Korea Highway 
Expressway  Corporation 
- Korea Water Resources Corporation 
- Korea Rural Community and Agricultural  Corporation 
- Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation - Korea National
 Tourism Organization 
- Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service - Korea Gas Corporation 
- Korea Railroad Corporation 
- Korea Land and Housing Corporation   
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : 15,000,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section 
 GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Página 1/4
 
... (WT/Let/...)   
ATTACHMENT B 
 
KOREA  
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
  
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 
List of Entities : 
 - Board of Audit and Inspection - Office of the Prime Minister - Ministry of Gender Equality and Family 
- Ministry of Strategy and Finance 
- Financial Services Commission - Ministry of Unification - Ministry of Public Ad ministration and Security 
- Ministry of Government Legislation - Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs 
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of National Defense - Ministry of Education,  Science and Technology 
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 
- Cultural Heritage Administration 
- Ministry for Food, Agricult ure, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Knowledge Economy - Ministry for Health and Welfare - Korea Food and Drug Administration - Ministry of Employment and Labor 
- Ministry of Land, Trans port and Maritime Affairs 
- Ministry of Environment - Public Procurement Service (limited to purchases for entities in this list only.  Regarding 
procurement for entities in Annex 2 and Annex 3 in  this list, the coverages and thresholds for 
such entities thereunde r shall be applied.) 
 GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
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APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Página 2/4
 
... (WT/Let/...)   
- National Tax Service 
- Customs Service 
- Statistics Korea - Korea Meteorological Administration - National Police Agency (except purchases fo r the purpose of maintaining public order, as 
provided in Article XXIII of the Code.) 
- Supreme Prosecutors' Office 
- Military Manpower Administration - Rural Development Administration - Forest Service - Korean Intellectual Property Office - Small and Medium Bu siness Administration 
- Korea Coast Guard (except purchases for the pur pose of maintaining public order, as provided 
in Article XXIII of the Agreement.) 
 
Services  
 Threshold : 130,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section 
 
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : 5,000,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 
Same as "Supplies" section 
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 1. The above central government entities include their subordina te linear organizations, special 
local administrative organs, and attached organs as prescribed in the Government Organization 
Act of the Republic of Korea. 
 2. This Agreement does not apply to the products and services procured with a view to resale or to 
use in the production of goods or provision of services for sale. 
 GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
Página 9 
 
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 2 Página 1/2
 
... (WT/Let/...)   
ANNEX 2 
 
Sub-Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 Supplies  
 
Threshold : 200,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
- Seoul Metropolitan Government 
- Busan Metropolitan City - Daegu Metropolitan City - Incheon Metropolitan City - Gwangju Metropolitan City 
- Daejeon Metropolitan City 
- Gyeonggi-do - Gang-won-do - Chungcheongbuk-do - Chungcheongnam-do 
- Gyeongsangbuk-do 
- Gyeongsangnam-do - Jeollabuk-do - Jeollanam-do - Jeju Special Self-Governing Province  
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 200,000 SDR 
 
List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 4 :   
 Same as "Supplies" section   
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : SDR 15,000,000 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 :   
 
Same as "Supplies" section 
 GPA/MOD/KOR/17 
Página 10  
APPENDIX I KOREA  ANNEX 1 Página 1/2
 
... (WT/Let/...)   
ANNEX 3 
 
All Other Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 Supplies  
 
Threshold : 450,000 SDR 
 List of Entities : 
 
- Korea Development Bank 
- Industrial Bank of Korea - Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation - Korea Electric Power Corpor ation (except purchases of pr oducts in the categories of 
HS Nos. 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544) 
- Korea Coal Corporation 
- Korea Resources Corporation - Korea National Oil Corporation - Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency - Korea Expressway Corporation 
- Korea Water Resources Corporation 
- Korea Rural Community Corporation - Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation - Korea Tourism Organization - Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service - Korea Gas Corporation 
- Korea Railroad Corporation 
- Korea Land and Housing Corporation   
Construction Services  
 
Threshold : 15,000,000 SDR 
 List of Entities which Procure Services Specified in Annex 5 : 
 Same as "Supplies" section 
 
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